Choose the verb tense that best fits: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'
Ahas started
Bhad startedCORRECT
Cstarts
Dstarting
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Why the answer is B, and why the others tempt you.
Past perfect 'had started' describes an action completed before another past action.
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